With home care, paid caregivers come to help out with daily living activities, such as housework and meal preparation. Home health care agencies send nurses to help clients with more medical needs like wound care, injections, and IVs.

The role of a home health care nurse is to provide home treatments and care services that help patients avoid hospitalizations. These services are designed to help patients heal at home rather than heal in a busy, noisy hospital ward.

Here are three of the most common health issues that are supported by home health care services.

Heart Disease

Heart disease is one of the most prevalent conditions for both men and women. It is the cause of death in about 25% of American’s deaths each year. Whether your parent had a heart attack or has been diagnosed with coronary artery disease, your mom or dad must follow the doctor’s orders.

Home health care nurses are helpful in this situation. First, they can teach your family how to prepare heart-healthy meals. Physical therapists can come to your parents’ house to help your mom or dad learn how to exercise safely. If your parent underwear heart surgery, nurses can help with IV medications and wound care after the surgery.

Pulmonary Disorders

COPD is the most common pulmonary disorder in the elderly. It’s caused by inflammation within the bronchial tubes, making it hard to take deep breaths and carry enough oxygen to the lungs. You may have heard of two conditions that link to COPD: chronic bronchitis and emphysema.

How can home health care services help with COPD? Instead of going to the hospital or medical clinics for respiratory therapy services, respiratory therapists can come to your parents’ home. Nurses can check oxygen saturation levels and report to the doctor. Those services keep them from having to go to a germ-filled waiting room or find rides regularly.

Surgical Incision and Wound Care

So many health issues or conditions can lead to surgical procedures. It can be as simple as a lump under the skin that dermatologists feel is best removed and biopsied or a life-saving surgery following a heart attack or stroke.

Caring for surgical incisions isn’t always easy. If the incision is in a hard-to-reach area, your mom or dad is going to need help keeping the wound clean and applying new bandages. If there’s a wound following a fall or pressure sore from ill-fitting shoes or extended periods in bed, nurses can help keep those wounds clean and dressed, too.

How do you get your parents set up with home health care services? Talk to their doctor to find out the care services your mom or dad needs. Once you have a better idea of what’s needed, call an agency to learn more about prices.

Sources: https://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/facts.htm

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With over 35 years of experience, Stephen Sternbach has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Star Multi Care Services since 1987. After the sale of the New York and New Jersey operations of Star Multi Care Services, Sternbach brought the company private where he remains President and CEO of this 40-million dollar company. With Sternbach at the helm, Star Multi Care Services employs more than 650 employees, in six offices throughout Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio and New York.

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